On Tuesday, we had a visit from Sandringham School. They demonstrated their remote controlled robot and let some of us have a turn. They showed us their gas powered cars and we had some turns releasing the car and watching it speed down the track, it travelled at 160mph!
On Tuesday and Wednesday we conducted our own minibeast investigation. We talked about the different areas of our garden, the bark area around our climbing equipment, the grassy area beneath the trees and the muddy area by the tyres.
We talked about where we thought there would be more bugs.
Noah: Under the tyres because it's muddy.
Jennie: In the tyres is very dark so they might like it there.
Adam: Behind the tree 'cause it's wet
Isaac: I think that they like it in the woods where it has lots of food in it.
We went outside and dug in different areas, we made tally charts to show how many bugs we found in each area. We found that there were the most bugs in the wet mud by the tyres. We used tough-cams to take photographs.
We studied the creatures using tough-cams, magnifying glasses and magnifying pots.
In the afternoon the Butterflies went into the hall to present their findings to the rest of the school. We had our own table where we displayed drawings, tally charts and information about the worms and other minibeasts. The children did a great job of talking about what they had done and seen.
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Where do caterpillars come from?
How do they grow?
Will they stay caterpillars forever?
This video might help to answer some of these questions!
